Dog food help please!

[Sophie_Bailey]

Hello,

Been trying to read up on the best dry dog food to give and i'm finding it very confusing! I would love to feed a james wellbeloved type but funds won't stretch so i'm looking to find a good mid range food for a good mid range price!

I'd also love if someone could explain to me what i should be looking for to denote what is a good food and what it not,by whats on the packaging.

Thanks in advance!

 

[CinnamonChristmasCookie]

Skinners? And read this: http://www.petforums.co.uk/dog-health-nutrition/189896-dry-dog-food-index.html

You want meat as a first ingredient and avoid cereals as a big component. If you like the look of something, use the reviews on dogfoodanalysis.com to help you decide. Avoid anything from the supermarket or a vet practise.

 

[Sophie_Bailey]

thank you, that other forum was an eye opener!

 

[Scranny_Ann]

Another vote for Skinners from me and my mutleys

Good ol' stuff we think

 

[CinnamonChristmasCookie]

thank you, that other forum was an eye opener!

In a good or bad way?! It's very useful for analysis.

 

[sarj]

Try Gilpa Kennel. I've fed it for years. Great food with no nasties and fab price.

 

[soloabe]

I'd probably go with fish4dogs and register yourself as a breeder on there to get a better price.

You'll feed less for one.

Skinners has way to high a grain content for me but its an alright option

You want a named meat meal as the first ingredent.

 

[CinnamonChristmasCookie]

Try Gilpa Kennel. I've fed it for years. Great food with no nasties and fab price.

Seriously?! Please note the permitted EEC antioxidants which normally indicates BHA and/or BHT (banned in human foods decades ago), known carciogenics and not allowed to be stored near cattle feed, for examle, for fear it enters the human food chain. First ingredient is wheat-totally wasted on dogs and probably the primary cause of allergic reactions in many dogs. I wouldn't touch it with someone else's bargepole.

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/showproduct.php?product=1116&cat=all

 

[soloabe]

Try Gilpa Kennel. I've fed it for years. Great food with no nasties and fab price.

I personally wouldn't call these good ingredients?

Wheat, poultry, maize, wheatfeed, poultry digest, poultry fat, whey powder, soya oil, yeast, mixed herbs, extract of New Zealand green-lipped mussel, yucca extract, minerals, trace elements and vitamins, including zinc chelate. With EEC permitted antioxidants

 

[Sophie_Bailey]

In a good or bad way?! It's very useful for analysis.[/QUOTE

sorry in a good way! the colour coding was so easy to look through and eye opening in the way that most common branded foods seem to be in the red. Such a shame that with a pretty looking bag and good advertisement they fool people into feeding their dogs such rubbish.